Camargo Surname

1,668th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 328,630 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Colombia

Camargo Surname Definition:

The Castilian suffix "-ca" which is an interjection of disbelief is the first element of this place name. The second element is the word "amarga" meaning "pero que amargura se experimenta en este lugar." What bitterness is experienced here.

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Camargo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil163,9431:1,306151
Colombia70,5321:677135
Mexico34,5811:3,589487
Venezuela14,2031:2,127371
Argentina9,7321:4,392502
Peru8,7411:3,636602
United States7,2501:49,9946,047
Bolivia5,7171:1,857349
Panama5,4431:719143
Spain2,5091:18,6342,065
Uruguay2,0861:1,645204
Philippines9491:106,67918,546
Ecuador7691:20,6842,891
Portugal4251:24,5141,625
Guatemala2201:73,1032,603
Canada2071:177,99817,780
Cuba2011:57,3272,233
Dominican Republic2001:52,1652,646
Chile1911:92,2333,529
Paraguay1541:46,9921,388
England761:733,13240,828
France681:976,805110,007
Australia531:509,35338,491
Germany511:1,578,53893,812
Italy461:1,329,49377,702
Thailand241:2,943,264289,518
Costa Rica231:207,8292,614
Netherlands201:844,35960,801
Aruba181:5,749789
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Singapore131:423,66918,211
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Czechia111:966,67976,885
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
China71:195,331,65210,124
Japan71:18,263,47047,869
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Haiti31:3,561,30220,668
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Nicaragua31:2,007,0306,490
Puerto Rico31:1,183,3805,289
Macau31:200,543803
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Belize11:355,4743,977
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

The alternate forms: Camargó (1) are calculated separately.

Camargo (534) may also be a first name.

Camargo Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

The Castilian suffix "-ca" which is an interjection of disbelief is the first element of this place name. The second element is the word "amarga" meaning "pero que amargura se experimenta en este lugar." What bitterness is experienced here.

A Castilian name from valley of Camargo in Santander. Spread throughout the Peninsula.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

User-submitted Reference

Camargo is a family surname of Spanish origin originating in the Cantabrian region, who lived in the village of Camargo (Spain), from where they got their nickname, in the region of Burgos, in the north of Spain.

It is said that the first Camargo a request to the American Continent was D. Affonso de Camargo, by Voltage of 1539, with Zarpado de Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Andalusia, southern Spain)

The Camargo family has a coat of arms, in which the shield is of the English type, with the red border with 8 castles inside it, and inside the shield has 4 wells on it.

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Camargo is a surname of Spanish origin that originated in the Cantabrian region. It comes from the name of the town Camargo, Spain.

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Camargo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Camargo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Camargo is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Camargó. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Camargo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,668th most widespread family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 22,176 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Camargo are found; 84 percent are found in South America and 50 percent are found in Luso-South America. It is also the 364,930th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 534 people.

The surname Camargo is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is borne by 163,943 people, or 1 in 1,306. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: São Paulo, where 45 percent live, Paraná, where 17 percent live and Rio Grande do Sul, where 13 percent live. Not including Brazil this surname is found in 87 countries. It is also found in Colombia, where 21 percent live and Mexico, where 11 percent live.

Camargo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Camargo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Camargo last name rose 45,313 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Camargo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Camargo last name are 42.01% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 95.24% being registered with the party.

The amount Camargo earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Peru they earn 9.41% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,561 per year; in Colombia they earn 1.96% more than the national average, earning $23,146,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 12.68% less than the national average, earning $37,676 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.41% less than the national average, earning $46,996 CAD per year.

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